A gate latch is the catch that holds a field gate shut. Lift the gate latch, a rusted gate latch, drop the gate latch.
It has to work with one hand and cold fingers, which is why farm designs stay simple. Leaving a gate latch undone is the countryside's most serious small sin.
1noungate latchThe catch that holds a field gate shut.
“The gate latch had rusted and needed a shove.”
gate latch is a fastening.
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